On September 10, 2025 at 3:01 pm, William Kelly wrote:
Charlie Kirk was just shot speaking about trans people having guns at a Utah university. No news about his condition at the moment. I don't even know what question to ask at this point, other than please pray for him and all the innocent victims if there were more than him.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:03 pm, Josh Passell wrote:
Charlie Kirk was just shot in Utah! Wounded in the neck. That's all so far.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:05 pm, Brian from Minneapolis wrote:
Dear Mark,
I'd want to say I'm shocked of what happened with that poor lady, but I'm not. We're living in a country, taught by radical leftists that mental illness, no matter what it is, should be accepted as a social norm and in many cases like transgenderism as a lifestyle choice. Even more disturbing is the first reaction the people on the train to seeing her getting killed is to either not do anything or to pull out their phones to record her dying. Normalizing this is going to cause us all to end up like her. What hope is there Mark?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:05 pm, George Pereira wrote:
Mark,
In many communities a bartender is held partially responsible if he serves alcohol to a person drunk or who appears to be drunk.
I.E. Bar Tender serves alcohol to person who is drunk. Drunk person drives and kills someone. Bartender is held as an accessory to the homicide.
Is it that much of a stretch or a constitutional crisis to suggest judges be held to the same level of responsibility as a bartender?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:09 pm, Eric Dale wrote:
Mark, what are your thoughts on Trump wanting to use the National Guard to police Chicago? Will conservatives appreciate the precedent when a future leftist president deploys the US military in a war on bigotry?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:11 pm, Chris Davies wrote:
Mark,
I hope you are well.
The appointment of a devout Muslim, Shabana Mahmood, as UK Home Secretary is a cause for concern on multiple levels, not least her primary responsibility is meant to be to protect the citizenry.
She is on the record as stating Islam is the most important thing in her life.
No surprise that she is all in with freeing Palestine.
Would you want to share security intelligence with the UK while she remains in post?
Keep well Mark.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:13 pm, Nick Russell wrote:
Hello Mark. Your erstwhile colleague on the Spectator, Theodore Dalrymple was one of the most articulate chroniclers of British decline more than 30 years ago attributing it principly to the burgeoning welfare state and the decline in personal individual responsibility.
My question is, wouldn't we still be going over the cliff as a civilisation even without immigration?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:15 pm, Martin Evison wrote:
Hi Mark, I happen to be in Diu, (until 1961, Portuguese) India and five and a half hours ahead of GMT.
Within 10 years of reaching India in 1498, the Portuguese had taken control of much of the spice trade, upsetting Venice, Dubrovnik, Egypt (Mamelukes), Gujarat and Calicut (Kerala) who combined to send out a huge fleet, which the Portuguese resoundingly defeated at Diu in 1509. This led to Western control of maritime trade, East, and West, for five centuries.
The West seems to rely on the US alone to maintain security of maritime trade and the US seems to have wanted it that way, but has it now lost its grip?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:22 pm, Ellen Comeau wrote:
Bonjour cher Monsieur Steyn,
Salutations chaleureuses du Nouveau-Brunswick!
While initially having considered the francophone East coast portion of the province, I have settled in the South central part, where there are surprisingly quite a few French speakers, alors ça va!
No question today; rather, a minor quibble regarding the pronunciation of Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice's name: the correct pronunciation is "Jiss-len" (Ghislaine) and not "Ghee-len" (Guylaine). My apologies for being persnickety.
Regarding the 2026 Mark Steyn Cruise, it looks delightful and I very much hope to make it, if budgetary considerations permit.
Prenez bien soin de vous!
Ellen
On September 10, 2025 at 3:31 pm, Steve from Manhattan wrote:
Mark, Since you have said that, starting next week, the Clubland Q&A will be done via fax machine, I went to Amazon to check out what's available these days. It's very confusing—they have "inkless" models, ink-jet, wireless laser, and countless "all-in-ones". There are plenty of "best for home" models, but none of them are marketed as "best for forest."
Do you have any guidance for us on this? Also, if we all order fax machines on Amazon this week, won't that be creating some kind of a traceable record? Would junk yards or thrift shops be a safer bet?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:34 pm, Heather wrote:
Hi Mark,
The horrors of "diversity" just keep on coming... but as you've discussed, even if it weren't horrific, it is still such a loss of distinct cultures- history, art, cuisine, traditions! Is there anywhere in the Western world that isn't ruined yet? I recall your mentioning French towns under a certain population... any other travel tips for avoiding diversity in North America or Europe??
P.S. Looking forward to the serialization of America Alone!!
On September 10, 2025 at 3:35 pm, Kirk05 wrote:
Enjoying your reading of America Alone, which I read almost 20 years ago. Would you consider an audio reading of Huxley's Brave New World?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:37 pm, James Schultz wrote:
I don't know if you heard of that Japanese politician who says he wants to import (more) Kurds and Africans, but how long do you think he's gonna let the whole thing go on? Cuz as far as I'm concerned, I'm not sure what Japan's trying to tell us about the immigration stuff that we're all accustomed to these days.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:44 pm, Yankee Red Coat wrote:
Team,
A thought/question:
Why did a Korean company bring in approx 400 Korean workers for the battery (?) factory?
Possibly because they knew that the US education systems are so bad they would not be able to find US workers capable of doing the job?
Search "post literate society" to see how literacy and IQ are declining in the West.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:47 pm, Dabo Alexander wrote:
Dear Mark--
I saw the other day that the Right was in a tizzy over some comments that Sen. Tim Kaine made about the source of our societal rights. Apparently the good Senator scoffed at the idea that our rights come from God and not from government.
Is the Right drawing the wrong lesson here? Thanks to the New Deal, the Great Society, and decades of third-world importation, the average American probably fully agrees with Sen. Kaine. In their view, God didn't pass Medicare, guarantee their mortgages, or forgive their student loans.
Rather than criticize him, shouldn't the Right thank Sen. Kaine for the warning that the cultural sands have shifted?
On September 10, 2025 at 3:52 pm, Nicola Timmerman wrote:
What do you think of the David Tennis Cup in Halifax not letting spectators see the upcoming Israel Canada match because of 'safety concerns'. Fewer and fewer events we can see in Canada.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:53 pm, OLGA from Arizona wrote:
Greetings, Mr. Steyn,
Everyone's favorite video this week seems to be the
Northern Irish lads taunting terrorist mini-me mobs.
Oh, & the Frenchy government falling apart, that's
popular, too.
These sure are interesting times we live in ~ but
were there ever times that weren't interesting?
Because, I don't know much history, but the
little I am aware of would seem to indicate
it's always been more or less kind of like this.
On September 10, 2025 at 3:55 pm, Denise from North Carolina wrote:
Here in the States we hear a spattering of news about the gang rapes in Great Britain. Why have we not heard any remarks from the Royal Family about these atrocities? Did these rapes of young girls begin during Queen Elizabeth's reign? What say you? Thanks
On September 10, 2025 at 3:56 pm, Doug Cole wrote:
Hey Mark. Congratulation on another day in paradise! Say, with the Nepalese citizens burning down their own Parliament building perhaps the British PM might want to reconsider their own restrictions on speech? Or maybe he should just buy an extra fire extinguisher and keep on arresting folks for thought crimes instead of actual crime.
Thanks for all you do.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:02 pm, Renée Natoli wrote:
Dear Mark: I am a long-time listener, 1st time contributor. (And huge all around fan:) Given the date, I thought this might be of interest: My memories of 24 years ago today:
September 10th 2001 was a Monday. I had worked all weekend on an urgent matter at the office and was off that day. I decided to spend the day by visiting my parents on Staten Island. It was a lovely late summer's day. The temperature a perfect low 80's and the sky was crystal clear. After a somewhat late lunch, I sat with my parents on their 2nd floor back terrace. We looked out in the distance over the entire borough of Staten Island, over to the NY skyline, seeing the Twin Towers gleaming in the warm sunlight. It was really quite a sight, in spite of the familiarity we all had with those buildings by that time. In the evening, I took the express bus back to the city. Upon entering lower Manhattan, the bus would take Church Street, heading north, passing the WTC on the left. The towers were a sight that NY'ers were accustomed to seeing and wouldn't necessarily take special notice of. However, that night a little boy, probably under 2, ran from his mother while walking by the buildings. On the Church Street side of the buildings there was a large sidewalk area and then a pedestrian street and then came Church Street. The boy was heading towards Church Street; but had to cross the pedestrian street first. Nevertheless, my bus driver stopped short when he saw the boy running. We bus riders were jerked backwards in our seats, waking us from our half slumber. We all looked at the running boy and the mother frantically running behind him. And then it would seem as if in unison, we all looked up, staring at the Twin Towers, now shaded in the early evening dusk and glowing from within from the many office lights. It felt as if the bus lingered there for an hour; it was probably no longer than a minute and a half.
And then we continued....
We continued onto to 9.11...
On September 10, 2025 at 4:03 pm, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
Mark,
Your commentary last week on Ukraine/Russia was brilliant as always. I would like to hear your thoughts on US responsibility for what's going on there. For over thirty years we told Ukraine that we have their backs and sent a steady stream of Navy Seabees over there to build barracks with closets to hold the blankets that Obama sent, meanwhile the Podestas, the Manaforts, the Clintons and the Bidens all made money out of the deal. No one in our crap government saw this coming?
Thanks,
Bill Bradshaw
Marietta, Georgia
On September 10, 2025 at 4:03 pm, Michael J. from Colorado wrote:
Hello Again, Mark! Hope this finds you well. First, let me go on record as someone who has voted for Trump every time he has run for President. If he's on the ballot again, he'll get my vote again. Now that said, there's hardly a day that goes by that I'm talking to myself expressing total frustration over how he goes about things, conducts himself, approaches he takes, etc., etc. Has there ever been such a successful person who is so insecure, so self-destructive, so capable at diverting attention from their successes, becoming Rosie O'Donnell's publicist, and so on? You get the picture.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:09 pm, Joel D in Sacramento wrote:
Ahoy Mark -
If Hunter Biden took a page out of Van Gogh's playbook and chopped off a certain protuberance, would the cachet of his artwork and photography increase? Might be a way to bring home some bacon for the sagging financial fortunes of the Joseph R, Biden Jr Presidential Library, which I gather donors are very reluctant to fund. Plus it would be a way of supplying a truly fitting and curiosity-inspiring museum piece.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:10 pm, Teresa Maupin wrote:
Did you happen to see Michael Schellenberger's interview with Hessel Voortman, a Dutch engineer, who found through real data analysis that there is no evidence climate change has accelerated sea level rise? From what I can tell, there was no hockey stick involved.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:11 pm, John Barrett wrote:
Hello Mark,
You said several Q&A's ago that our politicians, police, and media are "betraying us". I agree - but keep asking myself: Why? Why are they betraying us?
Best wishes, John
On September 10, 2025 at 4:12 pm, LeftCoaster wrote:
I disagree, Mark. The Civil Rights Act has worked exactly as designed. So has LBJ's great society. Haven't they?
The best always,
LeftCoaster
On September 10, 2025 at 4:13 pm, Toby Pilling wrote:
Do White Lives Matter?
On September 10, 2025 at 4:14 pm, Patrick Geagan wrote:
Hello Mark, hope your well today?
Not only did the national news media bury the story of the young woman stabbed to death on a subway.
The stupid Mayor of Charlotte, Vi Lyles responded to the killing with platitudes about "mental health" and "homelessness," calling it a "tragic situation" and warning that "we will never arrest our way out" of such problems.
Democrats have completely destroyed our nation.
Rush used to say that the democrat party needs to be destroyed, I couldn't agree more.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:14 pm, Texas Optimist wrote:
Hi Mark,
I hope you are feeling wonderful today!
I have been thinking through how the resistance in the UK can move into a more effective phase.
Can you imagine Gandhi-style, nonviolent resistance being employed successfully?
I suppose those who participate would have to be ready for even more stabbings for a while.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:15 pm, chickensoup wrote:
Mark, what if any impact will the killing of the girl in Charlotte have on the racial and political scene in the States? Worldwide? Or is this uprising an X phenomenon and nothing more?
On September 10, 2025 at 4:16 pm, Yankee Red Coat wrote:
To Brian from Minneapolis et Al
part of the answer, sadly, is to embrace your Second Amdt rights and, to use a phrase from the radical 1960/70s:
"Arm yourselves and shoot to live"
On September 10, 2025 at 4:17 pm, Queen of the Jungle wrote:
I just read the latest on Charlie Kirk. The person who allegedly shot him looks like a white Baby Boomer male, maybe around 70 years old. According to one news source he is described as being a Democrat.
I know this is breaking news but maybe Mark has some thoughts on this story.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:18 pm, Linda Powers wrote:
I'm with the Japanese who would rather die. I don't have one iota of interest in anything Islamist, Muslim, Middle Eastern. I love what my culture was, and the remnants that remain. I don't mean to be harsh, but I love what was once known as The West in the best sense of the phrase.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:19 pm, John Wilson wrote:
Charlie Kirk was (shot) for being conservative and having the audacity to promote it. Makes me sick.
On September 10, 2025 at 4:28 pm, Kirk05 wrote:
Can we not all agree now, with the release of the Epstein birthday book, that Donald J. Trump is an absolute degenerate: jeffrey epstein's bff for 15 years. Shame on all those Christian and GOP lawmakers who stay silent or worse, defend him.
